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Any Good Burger Books Out There?

Started by reuvens , Nov 29 2012 04:14 PM

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#1 reuvens

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 04:14 PM

It seems to me that there are "must" reads about the most delicious sandwich in the world. please share some book ideas with me.

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#2 Markm

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 10:04 PM

Burger Bar by Hubert Keller is good. I hear Bobby Flay has a good one, but I haven't read it.

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#3 lindag

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 07:16 AM

Rachel Ray has some burger books. Oh, wait. You said "good".

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#4 slkinsey

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 07:37 AM

A book to get is The Hamburger: a History by Josh Ozersky, which I believe is the definitive work at this point.

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#5 Alex

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:08 PM

Flay's book is called Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries, and Shakes -- rated 4½ stars on Amazon. There's an interesting little book, James McNair's Burgers, from 1992, that has a combination of well-known chefs' recipes, his own recipes, and winning recipes from the Build a Better Burger Contest.

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#6 flourgirl

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:11 AM

I have Bobby's book. Everything looks delicious in that book. I haven't made any of those recipes because we like our burgers more simple but I have cooked with his other books. Everything I make of Bobby's is a home run.